Thanks Arend, I might try emailing Bresser for comment. Paul On Sunday, 9 May 2021 at 14:52:19 UTC+1 Arend wrote:
> If your console shows an increase in raintotal by 0,4 mm after each bucket > tip then I am afraid the manufacturer has sold you a dysfunctional PWS or > the manual specs are wrong. > Op zondag 9 mei 2021 om 13:25:45 UTC+2 schreef Paul Eaton: > >> Hi Arend >> >> Thanks for your suggestions but everything seems OK with the units on the >> console - all rain totals are given as mm - and group_rain in weewx.conf is >> set to mm. >> >> Interesting about the 0.254mm resolution. I've been looking at the >> Monthly Reports given by two of the WS6in1 stations on the weewx.com map >> (Little Sandhurst, UK and Millau Les Aumieres France) and all their RAIN >> values are multiples of 0.254 (subject to rounding to 1 decimal place) >> which makes complete sense. >> >> All the RAIN values in my Seasons skin Monthly Reports are multiples of >> 0.4. I don't have a website to link you to my Seasons skin but from the >> weewx.com map the link is to my Weathercloud page where you can see what >> I mean (I'm the station in the north of England, near Manchester - >> Timperley No.1). >> >> So, it's a bit of a mystery. Don't concern yourself too much about it >> though, maybe the resolution on my station is only 0.4mm! >> >> Regards, Paul >> >> On Saturday, 8 May 2021 at 22:26:08 UTC+1 Arend wrote: >> >>> Hi Paul >>> >>> It has been a while since I did some configuration on a WS6in1, but will >>> give it a try. >>> >>> According to this manual your rain gauge should have a resolution of >>> 0,254 mm (0,1 inch): >>> >>> https://www.bresser.de/out/media/4ee6aeed2a360e23fae7b37bbd3f1de7.pdf >>> >>> You followed these instructions in the manual to set the rainfall unit >>> to mm on the console? >>> >>> To set the rainfall unit 1. Press and hold [ RAIN ] key for 2 seconds to >>> enter unit setting mode. 2. Press [ GRAPH / Ʌ ] or [ HISTORY / V ] key to >>> toggle the rainfall unit between mm and in. 3. Press [ RAIN ] key to >>> confirm and exit the setting. >>> >>> >>> In weewx.conf your configuration should show this: >>> >>> [[Defaults]] >>> >>> [[[Units]]] >>> >>> # The following section sets what unit to use for each unit >>> group. >>> # NB: The unit is always in the singular. I.e., >>> 'mile_per_hour', >>> # NOT 'miles_per_hour' >>> [[[[Groups]]]] >>> >>> group_rain = mm # Options are 'inch', 'cm', or 'mm' >>> >>> Regards, Arend >>> Op zaterdag 8 mei 2021 om 18:14:22 UTC+2 schreef Paul Eaton: >>> >>>> Since November last year I've been happily running a Bresser PC 5in1 >>>> station using WeeWX (now using version 4.5.1) with the WS6in1 driver but I >>>> have a question about the Rain (total) values I'm recording. They are >>>> always a multiple of 0.4mm, so 0.4, 1.6, 3.2 etc, never anything in >>>> between. >>>> >>>> I have tried both "software" and "prefer hardware" for rainRate in >>>> [StdWXCalculate] [[Calculations]] but it doesn't appear to make any >>>> difference. So I think it's governed by the Bresser console but I've >>>> noticed (via the weewx.com map) that other WS6in1 stations don't seem >>>> to have this limitation. >>>> >>>> It's no big deal (the odd 0.1mm here or there in Manchester, England is >>>> nothing to be concerned about!) but if anyone has any thoughts on this I'd >>>> be happy to hear them. >>>> >>>> Regards, Paul >>>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/66e390bb-a03a-49e0-9b03-8bbf822af895n%40googlegroups.com.
